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03/21/2013

Earlier this year, I wrote a post about how the National Organization For Marriage is attempting to portray one human being, Tea Party leader Doug Mainwaring, as if he is an entire coalition. Ya see, Mr. Mainwaring identifies as a gay man opposed to marriage equality, so groups like NOM are itching to make him seem like the face of a movement rather than as the face of Doug Mainwaring. They do this by writing all kinds of posts and thing about Mr. Mainwaring but keeping it vague about it being the same guy over and over again.

Today we see Family Research Council getting in on the fame. Peter "export/criminalize the gays" Sprigg wrote a blog post linking to Mainwaring's own post against his own people. And true to form, FRC and its writer makes it sound as if Mr. Mainwaring is just one of millions. Here's the intro:

Sprigg goes on to say that he met "one such person" when he testified (unsuccessfully) against equality in Maryland. The obvious implication is that just one of the countless examples Sprigg could have found. Because again, they want Mainwaring to seem like one general in a larger army.

The truth: Mr. Mainwaring is a far-right, Tea Party conservative who reaches out to people like Jennifer Roback Morse…